This is why i have my own playlist when i play this game.
Oh I could gush about Ludwigs theme but we all know why its so good XD
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I feel like one of the most famous examples of this is “every time Proof of a Hero plays in a Monster Hunter game.”
Crush 40 for next tier’s final boss music when?
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Learn the difference between what is a music and a song.
Music is using instruments and no lyrics
Song on the other hand uses lyrics.
Plus, world of Warcraft is a fantasy so it will stick with lord of the ring or the Witcher type of themes.
We have spaceships powered by religion in WoW. We’re way over typical fantasy
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you do realize that WoW devs have intentionally subverted common fantasy themes on purpose right? You’re pretty wrong about that.
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At least WoW has boss music now, sometimes anyway, unlike the old days of fighting Ragnaros and Onyxia to generic cavern music. I still use EventSounds to import in my own boss music, though. This one’s one of my favourite to use:
It just seems to weirdly fit WoW boss fights so well
I am not ashamed to admit that listening to the FF14 OST is played a large role in my decision to give that a go, and also in keeping me playing it.
Some of them sure I agree but the worstest one for me is Valdrakken City music, that puts me into a near coma slinking me down off my chair and onto the floor. It’s like lullaby sleepy-time music on steroids.
Oh right, and also
The saddest part about this is that Torghast absolutely did have some real absolute banger tracks, which you can hear here starting at 19:33…
But those only played when you ran out of lives and the Tarragrue came to kick you out, and I’m willing to bet a very large percentage of players never ever got to hear it. Even worse, then they changed how Torghast worked and removed the Tarragrue event entirely, essentially removing these tracks from the game entirely.
I didn’t even know WoW had boss music at all.
Just came to say Giratina’s theme slaps.
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The one from Arceus is freaking mental compared to his older versions XD
Bout time the good ol Satan / Hades pokemon got some love
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Uh huh.
I never really got to experience that raid so I didn’t have the music to memory XD
That whole dungeon has good vibe, musically. There’s hints of organ floating around. And then you get to Bronjahm (the godfather of soul[s]!) and it just starts kicking, but it’s in a kind of creepy, spooky soul slapping way at first. Then the music fades out as you delve deeper into the dungeons before Icecrown. Made farming for the hilt a lot of fun.
I really don’t mind atmospheric background music. Nothing makes a boss encounter feel more like a silly arcade thing to me than a boss theme song (see: every single encounter in FFXIV).
Like, yes, the music can hype up the fight a bit. Not gonna deny that. Music is an easy way to get people excited and to make them remember something.
But It’s pretty gimmicky to use it in that way in a game that’s supposed to be immersive. WoW Music does what it’s trying to do fairly well. It’s just not aiming for Theme Songs and that’s not a bad thing.
FFXIV has them because of the series’ roots as a 2D Turn Based jRPG.
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I would argue the right music engances immersion. But I also know that good composers, like Soule, understand that if the music isn’t just right, the players start noticing it more and they lose connection with the game world. It’s like trying to find the right color wallpaper for your room: too flashy and it detracts from the comfort of it and bay furniture in the room; too bland, and it won’t properly accent.
The question then, I think, is more a design philosophy: is the is encoutner supposed to be WoW-level cartoony or is it more somber and serious. The voice overs alone tell me they usually are more the former.
Sanctum of Domination music was literally someone clanging pots together.
As if everything Sylvanas touches turns to garbage.
LMAO.
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Now I’m just thinking of a very specific Roger Rabbit moment that is burned into my brain because I watched the movie a LOT as a kid
That CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG before the rapid barrage of dishes landing on his head lol
I had to constantly check if I accidentally muted music or not when I ran Torghast because of how nonexistent the soundtrack was there.